Can't stay away from the chips

I love to munch at work. Salty snacks are my favorite. I get up in the morning and eat a healthy breakfast. I eat a healthy lunch and then the munchies set in. I get bored or frustrated or anxious at work and I can't seem to resist the food. I am addicted to food. It makes me feel better for a short period of time. It is a reward for writing a page or two of my dissertation or putting up with crazy people during a workshop. At home I have developed a strategy to avoid boredom eating...it consists of either cross stitching or masturbating. Can't really do either of those at work. So I crunch and I munch. I also eat a lot at night because I am "starving" or my DH is eating or I need to take some medication or some other bullshit excuse to eat.


Food today:
Breakfast: 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1 1/2 cup veggies, 2 cups ff milk.
Lunch: Frozen meal, soda, and chips.

Introduction and Goals

I need to lose weight, a lot of weight. I am a very fat person.  I suppose I should post the obligatory stats: 5'4 and 336.4 lbs.

My humiliating numbers are now posted for the world to see. 

Goals: Since I need to start somewhere.

1. Increase water consumption
2. Stay within 1500 calories- doctor's orders, so please don't tell me I am not eating enough.
3. Walk the dachshunds for 20 min.
4. Lose 15 pounds by the time school starts on August 30th

Reasons:

1. My cracked ribs are taking way to long to heal.
2. I have energy now that I am on B12 shots, so I don't have that health reason any longer.
3. I am going to China next July and I sure as hell don't want to be this weight on a 20 hour plane ride (each way).